tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909186391400815892.post5733702088105437171..comments2013-11-01T08:26:45.635-04:00Comments on The Librarian's Commute: Archiving and PaperOlivia Nellumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918058119014110480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909186391400815892.post-5667495391217877512008-03-09T19:47:00.000-04:002008-03-09T19:47:00.000-04:00Yikes -- this type of story (re: NASA) makes me cr...Yikes -- this type of story (re: NASA) makes me cringe. <BR/><BR/>It's gradually dawning on me that librarians aren't just being fuddy-duddies when they resist certain changes.Olivia Nellumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918058119014110480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909186391400815892.post-91113604571294233232008-03-06T20:28:00.000-05:002008-03-06T20:28:00.000-05:00You are right. I am not a librarian (although a lo...You are right. I am not a librarian (although a lot of what I do as a researcher makes me think a lot like a librarian from time to time).<BR/><BR/>I first started writing about this problem in my book on the History of Photography (see http://www.spira.com) and the problem of accessing electronic or digital images for which hardware or software is no longer available. Not surprisingly, NASA can no longer tap into images taken in the 1970s. These images cost us millions at the time to create by the way!<BR/><BR/>-Jonathan B. Spira<BR/>http://www.basex.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com